Getting to know SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya

Fondest childhood memory
Staring at star-filled skies on a warm summer night lying in the garden on a charpoy.

Favourite movie
Smitten by Charlton Heston, watched Ben Hur six times.

Favourite daydream
Writing a best-seller.

Lesson from a teacher
One must exercise which exercises maximum muscles--smile.

Role model while growing up
Mother Teresa, her work with abandoned and the sick.

Terrifying moment at work
Many. Earliest one was Jeep getting stuck in mud while on an inspection trip to a village. Getting back at 9.30 pm to find trains not plying. Shock, no wallet either.

Ray of hope
Opening the newspaper to see my roll no in SBI officer’s exam results.

Hobby
Reading, travelling and tasting local food.

Advice to youngsters
Life is beautiful. You can help make it better.

Work/life balance
Important. If you love the work you do, then they balance on their own.

Favourite author
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird; Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay; Bijoya (Also called Datta).

If allowed to start all over again
Study Economics instead of Literature going by what I became. Save event managers’ embarrassment introducing me.

Life after retirement
Waiting to be surprised.